BACKGROUND This study aimed to report the radiographic presentation of involved hips in children with hereditary multiple exostoses (HME). This included radiographic hip measurements, osteochondromas location, and relationship with hip subluxation. METHODS Anteroposterior pelvis radiographs of children with HME, seen between 2003 and 2014, were retrospectively reviewed. Only patients who were...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the cause of lens dislocation and visual outcomes with complications in patients undergoing trans pars plana vitrectomy (TPPV) and trans pars plana lensectomy (TPPL) for lens dislocation. METHODS This retrospective study was carried out from July 1995 through November 2003. After excluding patients with previous retinal...

The cervical spine radiographs of 100 patients with early rheumatoid disease were studied annually, on a prospective basis, for a mean follow-up period of 7 years 2 months. Atlantoaxial subluxation developed in 12 patients. The subluxation was more frequent in females, more severe in patients with progressive, seropositive, erosive rheumatoid disease, and more marked in patients treated with or...

INTRODUCTION The causes leading to dislocation of the natural lenses are different involving injuries, hereditary diseases and spontaneous dislocation. Spontaneous dislocation of a transparent natural lens is extremely rare, especially dislocation of the anterior eye chamber. We report a case of spontaneous dislocation of the transparent natural lens to the anterior eye chamber in a patient who...

BACKGROUND The subluxation construct has been a divisive term in the chiropractic profession. There is a paucity of evidence to document the subluxation. Some authors have questioned the propriety of continuing to use the term. AIM The purpose of this study is to examine current North American English language chiropractic college academic catalogs and determine the prevalence of the term sub...

BACKGROUND Coronal tibiofemoral (CTF) subluxation is a common finding in knee osteoarthritis (OA) which can be related to poor pain scores and tibial spine impingement. In this study we describe a new method for measuring CTF subluxation and present validation of the method using cadaveric knees. METHODS A prototype software code based on the ICP mathematical algorithm was developed to measur...

α-Fetoprotein is a well-established tumor marker for non-seminomatous germ cell tumors. Elevated α-fetoprotein levels, however, result from a variety of clinical conditions. Hereditary persistence of α-fetoprotein is a rare benign disorder in which serum α-fetoprotein levels are persistently elevated, but there are no disabilities and symptoms. A 35-year-old man was diagnosed with pT1 testicula...